Registration & fees

We will serve refreshments during the coffee breaks, lunch is also provided.

Get up to speed about the fundamental principles of full brain network modeling using the open-source neuroinformatics platform The Virtual Brain (TVB).

The workshop has been strategically scheduled to take place preceding the annual Brain Connectivity Workshop that will take place May 17-19 in Zurich, Switzerland.

In the workshop we will explain the fundamental principles of full brain network modeling using the open source neuroinformatics platform The Virtual Brain (TVB).

This simulation environment enables the biologically realistic modeling of network dynamics using connectome-based approaches across different brain scales. Personalized brain network models can be derived from an individual’s MRI data.

Researchers from different backgrounds can benefit from an integrative software platform including a supporting framework for data management (generation, organization, storage, integration and sharing) and a simulation core written in Python. Applications to use cases in the healthy and diseased brain are explicitly presented.

Workshop format: lectures and hands-on tutorials. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data to work on.

Workshop program overview:

Theoretical background of large scale brain network modelling

Architecture of The Virtual Brain (TVB)

Interacting with TVB using GUI and Python interface

Preprocessing neuroimaging data, or how to obtain a TVB dataset

Fitting the brain model parameters to the functional data

Modeling resting state network dynamics in fMRI

Modeling stroke and recovery

Modeling epilepsy and surgical interventions

Modifying TVB code and implementing new features

Bring your own data hands-on sessions: preprocessing and simulations

Prepare your gear

To get the most out of this workshop as an attendee, you might want to get a head-start by preparing your gear before you arrive:

Meet the TVB team

Apart from learning together, you can meet and talk to a good part of The Virtual Brain's team, covering a broad range of topics from cutting-edge neuroscience research to advanced software development.

Program: DAY 1 Morning Session

08:30 - 09:00

Registration & caffeine intake

09:00 - 09:15

Introduction

09:15 - 10:45

A generative model of the brain: Describing the building blocks of a brain network model:: VIKTOR JIRSA

Basic principles and assumptions, recent studies with different local models, approximation of neural fields.